Dimming Screen/No Start up/Spontaneous display shut off

Question

Hi everyone,
I bought my PB G4 in January of 2005, so there are still a few months left on AppleCare, but I've been having major problems due to a little accident involving beer and my girlfriend :P
One evening, we were getting ready to go out to the Campus bar and we were drinking in my dorm room. Stupidly, I put my beer down next to the computer and within about 5 seconds we were rushing to mop it up from the keyboard... Now there were no immediate problems with the computer, but about 2 weeks later, the screen started spontaneously dimming, massive screen distortion (coloured lines everywhere) as well as shutting off. Sometimes I would start up the computer and the screen itself would never illuminate. Now it's been getting worse with the screen shutting off every 5-10 minutes.
I am wondering whether this will be covered by apple care, and what could possibly cause this? I've been looking at the new Imac, but I'm scared of all of the problems I've been reading about. I've been told it might be the Logic board, so if it is, how much would that cost if it wasnt covered by apple care?
I'm sorry my question is basically a novel!
Thanks so much in advance!
Derek

Answer 1

Hi, Derek. Only AppleCare can tell you what will or won't be covered, but I'd be astonished if they covered a beer spill. Spills can be extremely damaging, especially when they aren't followed up properly. This article from a respected Mac repair service provides some good information about the possible consequences, the repairs that are commonly required, and what you should have done immediately after the spill occurred. Call AppleCare now and get the repair process underway.